European Parliament · 14 September 2023

Future of the European book sector

Adopted

513 in favour · 11 against · 8 abstained. 532 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Calls on the Commission to create a ‘Printed in Europe’ label
• Urges the Commission to include the interoperability of e-book formats and devices within the scope of the Digital Markets Act
• Calls on all Member States to recognise books as essential goods and take measures at national level to further promote reading from an early age

Quoted from A9-0257/2023, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 14 September 2023
• Minutes of the sitting
• Open data record for the sitting